The Business Times, 17 August 2007

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Friday, August 17,2007
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    Lock icon Markets mauled as hedge funds bail out
    822 1  -  CONRAD TAN Big sell-offs to pay investors who want their money back; rating agencies draw flak for dragging their feet on downgrades By [SINGAPORE] Shares in Asia yesterday suffered some of their worst one-day falls this year, with markets bracing themselves for further
    Bloomberg; Gareth Chung  -  822 words
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    Lock icon Bond funds provide haven amid chaos
    426 1  -  OH BOON PING Flight to safety will continue for some time, says strategist [SINGAPORE] Bond funds have come out tops in the list of best-performing funds for the past month, as the slump in equity markets continued yesterday. Henderson Global Bond Fund-Class A units
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • Article
      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.718 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 8.25 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.48 INDIA 12.75 Source:
      Bloomberg  -  29 words
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      47 1 Thursday Change 1,207.61 -44.21 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 16,148.49 -327.12 HANG SENG 20,672.39 -703.33 SET INDEX 750.69 -23.23 JAKARTA COMP 1,908.64 -120.45 MANILA COMP 2,942.31 -188.03 SEOUL COMP 1,691.98 -125.91 SHENZHEN B 726.19 -40.72 MUMBAI IND 14,358.21 -642.70 11.30AM EDT Change 12,707.18 -154.29 DOW NASDAQ 2,438.77 20.06
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      42 1 us$ s$ US$ (S$ )er US$) 1.536 (US$/S$ per 1.983 3.046 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.344 2.064 'EN 116.10 75.60 RM 3.501 2.280 HK$ 7.817 5.090 BAHT 34.45 22.43 RUPIAH 9,435 6,144 RENMINBI 7.598 4.947 INDIAN RUPEE 41.09 26.76 1.243 0.809 NZ$ 1.449 0.944
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Analysts see S'pore firms weathering sub-prime storm
        53 2 THE stock market may catch a cold, but Singapore companies in general are unlikely to be infected by US sub-prime woes, analysts said. The only ones slightly vulnerable to the fallout are those in the electronics and financial services sectors, they added. TOP
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        Lock icon EU to review code used by rating agencies
        61 2 CREDIT rating firms have come under European scrutiny for their "slow" response to the sub-prime debt rout. The European Commission will review a voluntary code used by the agencies as they appeared too slow in warning about problems in the US mortgage
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      • Article
        Lock icon CapitaLand plans launch of new M'sian Reit
        55 2 CAPITALAND is aiming to launch a new Malaysian retail real estate investment trust (Reit) within a year and has just spent $527.1 million on the plan. It's buying Gurney Plaza in Penang for $336.8 million and Mines Shopping Fair in Selangor for $190.3
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        Lock icon Exports to UAE jump 24% to $2.7b in H1
        68 2 SINGAPORE exports to the United Arab Emirates have surged 24 per cent to $2.7 billion in the first half of the year. IE Singapore said that with the total value of planned and active infrastructure projects in the Middle East reaching
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        Lock icon Capital spending in China slows marginally
        84 2 THE pace of Chinese capital spending slowed a touch in the first seven months of the year, but not by enough to dispel expectations of further policy tightening to cool the world's fastest-growing major economy. Investment in urban areas in fixed assets such as
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        Lock icon Port Klang free zone debacle may lead to probe
        65 2 NEW concerns that the fallout over the RM4.63 biUion (552.02 billion) Port Klang Free Zone could affect foreign investor confidence seem to be prompting an investigation into the matter. The probe would focus on whether the debacle would lead to the
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        Lock icon Beijing may soon let people invest abroad directly
        59 2 CHINA, holder of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, is considering allowing individuals to invest directly overseas for the first time to ease pressure on its currency to appreciate. Chinese individuals at present are permitted to invest abroad only through licensed funds
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      Lock icon Yen, US$ climb as fund managers seek safety
      684 2  -  LARRY WEE Asian currencies take a hammering after sell-off in the equity markets [SINGAPORE] Currency markets took their cue from yet another awful day in the Asian stock markets yesterday, as Wall Street kept up its steady stream of bad news. Spooked
      Reuters  -  684 words
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      Lock icon Yen hits 5-month high as carry trade unwinding accelerates
      601 2  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Exports take a blow but some see Japan as safe haven THE unwinding of yen transactions credited with pushing the Japanese currency down to a 20-year low while helping to boost the price of financial assets globally accelerated dramatically
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      Lock icon S'pore firms likely to weather sub-prime storm
      770 4  -  NANDE KHIN Electronics, financial services somewhat vulnerable: analysts [SINGAPORE] The stock market may catch a cold, but Singapore companies in general are unlikely to be infected by US sub-prime woes, analysts said. The only ones slightly vulnerable to the fallout are those in
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      Lock icon Countrywide taps US$11.5b credit line
      455 4 Reuters The move to bolster liquidity comes after talk of bankruptcy [NEW YORK] Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest US mortgage lender, said yesterday it is drawing down an entire US$ll.5 billion credit facility to bolster liquidity as a shortage of credit devastates much of the
      Reuters; AP  -  455 words
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      Lock icon EC to review code used by rating agencies
      616 4 Bloomberg, Reuters EU official says latest crisis highlights failings [BRUSSELS] Credit rating firms have come under European scrutiny for their "slow" response to the subprime debt rout. The European Commission will review a voluntary code used by the agencies as they appeared
      Bloomberg, Reuters  -  616 words
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      Lock icon US municipal bonds are fast losing their appeal with investors
      258 4 "-"~J Reuters [NEW YORK] US municipal bonds are now losing demand from what have been some of their biggest buyers, arbitragers and tender option bond programmes, rekindling fears about what might happen if these players start selling. Tender option bond
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Political hurdles to port expansions
      640 6  -  DONALD URQUHART PORTS and politics. On the surface of it, there doesn't seem to be much of a connection. But ask Dubai Ports World, Hutchison Port Holdings or PSA International what's involved in overseas expansion, and you'll likely get an earful on conundrums of both
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      Lock icon CapitaLand plans launch of new Malaysian Reit
      397 6  -  ARTHUR SIM It spends $336.8 m to buy Gurney Plaza, $190.3 m on Mines Shopping Fair CAPITALAND is aiming to launch a new Malaysian retail real estate investment trust (Reit) within a year and has just spent $527.1 million on the plan. Yesterday,
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      Lock icon SIA to get first Airbus A380 on Oct 15
      486 6  -  YEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will finally take delivery of the world's first commercially ready Airbus A3BO superjumbo eight weeks from now, on Oct 15, after two years of costly delays. SIA confirmed yesterday European plane-maker Airbus will deliver its first
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      Lock icon ICIL seeks delisting; Oei to make $2.83 a share exit offer
      492 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO HAVING searched in vain for a new business to stay listed, International Capital Investment Ltd (ICIL) has decided to voluntary delist from the Singapore Exchange. In a joint announcement with Oei Hong Leong Foundation (OHLF) yesterday, ICIL
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      Lock icon Asian SMEs back new accounting standard
      887 8  -  MICHELLE QUAH Majority in CPA survey favour simplified treatment of SME accounting SMALL and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Asia are backing an international proposal to set up a dedicated accounting framework for SMEs. A survey by CPA Australia and the Corporate Governance Financial Reporting
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      Lock icon SPH donates $200,000 to help the disabled
      272 8  -  HAN MIN CHUNG SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday donated $200,000 to 20 charity programmes for the disabled, in the fourth SPH Annual Group Giving. The money will help the disabled cultivate job skills and find employment, as well as fund day activity centres,
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      Lock icon Soleil @ Sinaran condo 80% sold
      215 11  - Soleil Sinaran condo 80% sold KALPANA RASHIWALA FRASERS Centrepoint has sold 80 per cent of its Soleil Sinaran condo near Novena MRT Station at an average price of nearly $1,500 psf, with 173 units sold at yesterday's soft launch, following last week's staff and YIP preview when 156 units were
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Board changes as SRG takes over Courts
        117 11 SINGAPORE Retail Group's mandatory unconditional offer for the shares of Courts (Singapore) Ltd (CSL) closed yesterday with the offeror and parties acting in concert having a total stake of 69.07 per cent, against 54.16 per cent held on June 7. Following the takeover
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        Lock icon Oculus in convertible securities talks
        54 11 OCULUS, which has rights to build hydropower plants in China, has been in talks with an undisclosed party for the issue of convertible securities in the company. Oculus said yesterday that the final terms of the issue are being finalised. It will inform shareholders and
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        Lock icon Midas gets 50.2m yuan aluminium alloy job
        79 11 MIDAS Holdings has announced that its aluminium alloy division, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries, has secured a 50.2 million yuan contract from Changchun Railway Vehicles to supply aluminium alloy extrusion profiles for 32 train sets, equivalent to 192 train cars, for the Shanghai Metro
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        Lock icon Straits Trading unit in Indon resources deal
        45 11 THE Straits Trading Company's subsidiary, Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad (MSC), yesterday entered into a heads of agreement with Metal Resources Capital in which the two will collaborate in the development of tin and other mineral resources in Indonesia.
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      Lock icon Rickmers Maritime to double fleet capacity with 4 new ships
      433 11  -  MATTHEW PHAN Each vessel will be on a 10-yr fixed-rate time charter to AP Moller-Maersk RICKMERS Maritime said yesterday its trustee-man-ager has signed a preliminary agreement to buy four vessels that will more than double the shipping trust's contracted fleet
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Shares battered for 2nd straight day
      576 10  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS Banks lead falls, as ST Index closes 3.7% lower after shedding as much as 5.2% in the morning STOCKS here were hammered for the second day in a row yesterday, as the spectre of a credit crunch caused by the US
      : Bloomberg  -  576 words
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      87 10 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 0 17 1 0 0 0 17 lanufacturing 198 18 39 10 10 237 28 Commerce 70 15 85 "pt/Stor/Comms 38 41 :inance 29 31 Construction 17 11 28 'ro| >erties 35 37 lotels/Rsts 10 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 10 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Julti Ind 61,791 61,791 252,342 252.342 lanufacturing 491.179 225,095 716,274 505,105 47,216 552,321 Commerce 237.645 18,240 255,885 166,351 4.503 170.854 'pt/Stor/Comms 186,769 3.798 190.567 482.360 3.078 485.438 :inance 92.677 39 92.716 931.945 9 931.953 Construction 140.147 114.496 254.643 51.106 14.753 65.859
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      226 10 Jlgreen 0.46 1.420 -0.100 \scendasreit 0.95 2.430 -0.030 lapitaComm 0.51 2.300 -0.170 la pita Land 4.63 6.600 -0.300 :apitaMall 0.93 3.280 -0.240 :hart SemiCond 0.60 1.040 jtyDev 2.81 13.600 -0.500 lomfortDelGro 1.44 1.900 -0.060 losco Corp 1.46 4.100 -0.520 Creative Tech 0.16 5.900 -0.100 IBS Grp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      961 10  -  r CONRAD TAN Singapore Exchange Aug 16 close: 558.25 CIMB-GK Research, Aug 16 Source: SGX addressed concerns last evening on possible losses from its externally-managed funds. Apparently, there had been broker reports highlighting the risk of losses from SGX's hedge fund investments. SGX's $139 million worth of hedge
      Bloomberg  -  961 words
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      Lock icon Yen up, A$ down as players shun risk
      450 10 -AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] Major currencies were roiled by credit market turmoil yesterday, with the yen soaring against the euro, dollar and high-yielding currencies as players unwound risky bets. Dealers dumped the Australian and New Zealand dollars as they scrambled to pull out
      -AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  450 words
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      44 10 CLOSE -1473.00 +84.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-571.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-147.00 All-SG Equities 862.45 -40.57 SG Equities Elect 107.41 -4.42 SG Equities Fin 2239.48 -98.70 SG Equities Prop 1317.68 -72.98 SIMSCI 386.69 -16.93 SIMSCI Futures 383.30 -18.10 PrimePartnersCI 208.29 -20.54
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 10 VOLUME Jade Tech 89,842,000 Sapphire 71,978,000 Thai Beverage 60,189,000 Diqiland 57,905,000 Gen Intl 51,475,000 UOB DB eCWOBO2O4 46,041,000 Chasen 43,211,000 LottVis 38,788,000 Sing Tel 35,459,000 Goldtron 29,622,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 312,557,399 UOB 229,319,570 SGX 210,717,750 Capita Land 172,273,952 OCBC Bk 155,275,500 Keppel Corp 136,307,800 Cosco Corp 123,702,418
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      Lock icon RISES
      108 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP JSH 1350 107.5 5.5 JMH 2310 76.8 2.2 GLD 10US$ 6590 46.1 0.5 STI 3600SGAePW*****0 146 38.0 35.2 STI 3450SGAePW*****0 105 36.5 53.3 STI 3600SGAePW*****7 152 34.0 28.8 STI 3500SGAePW*****7 125 33.0 35.9 STI 3600SGAePW*****0 161 33.0 25.8 STI 3300SGAePW*****0 59 32.5 122.6 STI 3400SGAePW*****7
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      Lock icon FALLS
      118 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN CoscoCori iMEReCW/***** 119-137.0 -53.5 China H 10US$ 1460-107.5 -4.6 UOB 1990-100.0 -4.8 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 825 -84.4 -6.3 Kei Cori 1130 -70.0 -5.8 SGX 825 -70.0 -7.8 Asia Pac Brew 1320 -60.0 -4.3 DBS Gri 1960 -60.0 -3.0 SIA 1700 -60.0 -3.4 Venture Cori 1320 -60.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      85 10 Aug 16 %CHNG CLOSE FRAug15 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5380 -0.49 1.5479 1.5033 Euro 2.0645 0.04 2.0996 1.9913 Pounds 3.0529 -0.31 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2242 3.10 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.3276 -1.30 1.3315# 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.07 0.*****0.*****® Baht* 4.4644 -0.69 4.5700 4.1730 Peso*
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Exports to UAE jump 24% to $2.7b in H1
      399 13  -  ARUN JOHN Gulf nations pouring more funds into industries and infrastructure SINGAPORE exports to the UAE have surged by 24 per cent to 552.7 billion in the first half of the year, with only 7 per cent being oil related, a
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      Lock icon Bukit Merah hotel site up for sale
      368 13  -  ARTHUR SIM THE first of the four hotel sites to be put on the reserve list of the Government Land Sales Programme for the second half of this year is to be at the junction of Jalan Bukit Merah and Alexandra Road. The
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      Lock icon Yeo Wee Kiong, directors to join Drew & Napier
      167 13  - Yeo Wee Kiong, directors to join Drew Napier NISHA RAMCHANDANI YEO Wee Kiong and four directors of Yeo Wee Kiong Law Corporation will join Drew Napier. Mr Yeo, Ralph Lim, Benedict Teo, Foo Maw Shen and Sam Kok Yin will join Drew Napier's corporate and banking group on Sept 1,
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      Lock icon NUS team develops quicker test for Down's Syndrome
      537 13  -  NANDE KHIN A GROUP of Singapore and UK doctors led by a National University of Singapore (NUS) professor has developed a new test that will allow pregnant mothers to find out within hours whether their baby has Down's Syndrome. The new technique,
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      Lock icon Recycler to build wood waste-fired power plant here
      439 13  -  MATTHEW PHAN LOCAL wood waste recycler Biofuel Industries yesterday signed a preliminary agreement with Industrial Power Technology (IPT) to build what could be Singapore's first on-grid power plant using waste wood as a fuel source. The co-generation plant, expected to be ready
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      Lock icon New Citibank credit card targets travellers
      360 13  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE sky appears to be the limit as customers are offered a greater degree of flexibility and freedom with the launch of Citibank's Premier Miles Visa credit card. According to Visa data, $2.08 billion was spent overseas on Visa cards by Singaporeans
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      Lock icon Govt offers more IT help for SMEs
      378 13  -  WINSTON CHAI IN a big push to get information technology (IT) companies to think small, the government is looking at defraying the cost of developing technology offerings tailored for SMEs. The subsidy will come through a so-called CFC (Call For Collaboration) which the
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US can withstand global market turmoil: Paulson
      364 14 Reuters [TOKYO] US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the turmoil in global markets will exact a penalty on US growth but the financial system and economy was strong enough to withstand it without provoking a recession. "The economy and the markets are strong
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      Lock icon Rate cut not needed yet: Fed official
      441 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, said there's no sign that the sub-prime mortgage rout is harming the broader US economy, and an in-terest-rate cut isn't yet needed. "I don't see any impact as yet on
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      Lock icon Capital spending in China slows down marginally
      509 14 Reuters But analysts still expect central bank to raise interest rates by year-end [BEIJING] The pace of Chinese capital spending slowed a touch in the first seven months of the year, but not by enough to dispel expectations of further policy tightening to
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      Lock icon Investors help US dollar get a reprieve, for now
      493 14 Reuters Capital-flow data show the greenback will resume a decline before long [NEW YORK] Investors' flight to safe-haven assets to escape the global credit and liquidity squeeze of the past week has given the US dollar a reprieve from a long-term
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia won't prop up stock market: minister
      239 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government will not buy shares to help stem the steepest two-day loss in the nation's stock market in almost six years, saying that the drop is temporary. The government will not ask state-run asset manager Value Cap Sdn Bhd
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      Lock icon Port Klang free zone debacle may lead to probe
      676 15  -  S JAYASANKARAN Focus is on whether there'll be bail-out, and implications for foreign investment in Kuala Lumpur NEW concerns that the fallout over the RM4.63 billion (552.02 billion) Port Klang Free Zone could affect foreign investor confidence seem to be prompting
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      Lock icon M'sia wins praise for enhancing corporate governance
      564 15  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By MALAYSIA receives generally high marks for its efforts to improve standards of corporate governance in a report pubfished yesterday by the Washing-ton-based Institute of International Finance, which speaks for the world leading banks and investment houses. But the lIF also
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      272 16 -AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Disneyland is struggling to attract visitors and has been missing its attendance target as its second anniversary draws near, a report said yesterday. The theme park, which opened on Sept 12, 2005, is still shy
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      356 16 Bloomberg Move is meant to ease pressure on yuan to appreciate, says official [BEIJING] China, holder of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, is considering allowing individuals to invest directly overseas for the first time to ease pressure on its currency to appreciate,
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      7590 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AB Amer Income B USD 8.47/ AB Amer Income A EUR 6.26/ AB Amer Income B EUR 6.26/ AB Europ Income AT SGD 14.73/ AB Europ Income BT SGD 14.73/ AB Europ Income AT EUR 7.14/ AB Europ Income BT EUR 7.14/ AB Europ Income A EUR
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  • INDIA
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      415 17 Reuters PM taking along 200 execs led by head of top business lobby in visit next week [TOKYO] Japan and India will seek to bolster lagging business ties between Asia's largest and third-largest economies when their leaders meet in New Delhi
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      209 17 Bloomberg Paper says US will cancel pact if India tests N-weapons [NEW DELHI] Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the nation has not given up its right to future weapons tests by entering into a civilian nuclear agreement with the United
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      521 20 AP, Reuters LATEST US DATA Pace drops 6.1% last month to seasonally adjusted annual rate of 138 m units [WASHINGTON] Construction of new homes in the US fell to the lowest level in more than a decade in July as builders
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      343 20 Download StarOffice free from Google Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Sun Microsystems said its Star Office software, a rival to Microsoft Corp's best-selling Office business programs, is available for free from Google. Star Office, which includes a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation program, can be downloaded as part of the free Google
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      Lock icon Babcock funds receive A$2.1b debt for Alinta
      190 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Babcock Brown Power and Babcock Brown Infrastructure Group, two Australian energy funds set to take over gas pipelines and power stations from Alinta Ltd, got As2.l billion (552.6 billion) of debt for the purchases. Babcock Power, Australia's largest publicly traded generator,
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      271 20 Cuts amount to 12-14% of the work force [LOS ANGELES] Biotech giant Amgen Inc of Thousand Oaks, California, said on Wednesday that it would cut 2,200 to 2,600 jobs as part of a sweeping plan to save more than US$l billion next year, in an
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      368 20 Bloomberg Net income in the year ended June 30 rose to A5292.9m [SYDNEY] ASK Ltd, owner of Australia's stock exchange, said full-year profit more than doubled after the company bought SFE Corp to combine the nation's biggest equities and futures markets. Net income
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      Lock icon Investors buy Auckland Airport shares, may thwart Dubai bid
      659 21 Bloomberg Strong business case for NZ investments in nation's busiest airport: Infratil CEO [WELLINGTON] Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's NZ$2.6 billion (Ss2.B billion) bid for Auckland International Airport may be thwarted after investors who favour New Zealand ownership bought enough shares to block
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      190 21 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, said full-year profit climbed 50 per cent to a record as the company cut costs and travel demand rose. It plans to buy back 10 per cent of its stock. Net income in the year ended June
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      355 21 -AP [WELLINGTON] Australia's Defence Department said yesterday that it would not use New Zealand's national airline after a row erupted following revelation that Air New Zealand had been used to carry Australian troops part of the way to Iraq. New Zealand cabinet ministers
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      136 21 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Aer Lingus Group Pic, Ireland's second-largest airline, refused to meet with pilots threatening strike action over its plans for a new base in Belfast and said it will lease aircraft and crews to help limit disruption. A union representing Aer Lingus pilots
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      369 21 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Russia aims to sell jets valued at USS2SO billion by 2025 as its aviation industry recovers from the collapse of the Soviet Union to challenge Airbus SAS and Boeing Co, the country's top aerospace executive said. Russia plans to manufacture and
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      426 21 -AP [WASHINGTON] Special teams of federal regulators, airline and airport personnel will be sent to study runway safety over the next two months at more than 20 US airports with the most runway problems. That was among five short-term steps agreed on Wednesday at
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      2384 21 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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  • SHIPPING
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      390 22 Bloomberg Rates slumped this year after Opec cut supplies last Nov and again in Feb [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude oil to Asia, down by half since March, may snap declines as owners stop hiring tankers at unprofitable rates.
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        106 22 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.78 0.35 4.10 0.75 5.20 0.87 0.09
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        36 22 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 1.42 9.40 9.45 3.54 2.82 0.23 2.05 -0.06 -0.10 -0.05 -0.28 -0.09 -0.02 -0.07 14: 257! 143: 542: 9} b: 7(
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        12 22 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 28.00 29.00 -2.00 0.25 6141 1271
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        6 22 '000 toil .77.90 -3.10 173!
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        22 22 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.00 28.50 1.64 1.40 -0.50 -0.50 -0.26 -0.38 522! 173! 7! 271
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        21 22 Evergreen Marine ....19.45 :irst Steamship 68.70 /Van Hai Lines 21.45 r"ang Ming Marine ..21.45 -1.25 -5.10 -1.10 -1.25 2( 1"
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        39 22 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..472.00 -23.00 3649! (awasaki Kisen ...1486.00 -9.00 1087' Mitsubishi Hvy 729.00 -13.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..625.00 -24.00 2710: MitsuiOsk Lines ...1621.00 -31.00 1999! Mippon Express 589.00 -7.00 366} MipponYusen 1090.00 -24.00 914' iource: Reuters
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      142 22 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co said yesterday it had lined up a combined US$2.l billion of orders to build nine container ships and a drillship. The shipbuilder said it had secured a 1.4 trillion won (552.3 billion) order
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      170 22 -AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese trawler and its 17 crew members sailed home yesterday after more than two months in Russia, which seized the ship for alleged poaching, Japan said. The boat left after Japan posted a bond of U*****,000 under a settlement by an
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      742 22  -  SELVA KUMAR ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK THE English Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a shipowner that could not deliver a cargo of copper at a Chinese port due to fraudulent conversion of the cargo two years ago was liable to pay damages
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      490 23 FROM cardboard-filled buns to lead-tainted toys, urban (or suburban) legends to unscrupulous manufacturing realities, the stories about China's production prowess of late have gone from wow and awe (for being prolific) to more like shock and awe (for sheer audacity). Even when it emerged that the TV news
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      949 23  -  BO SHAO But there's hope for the long term as the successful ones rise and replicate IN 2006 alone, China-focused venture capital and private equity funds raised close to US$2O billion from investors around the world. This figure does not even include global private
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      732 23  -  JOHN GEE THE BOTTOM LINE IT takes time. "Don't buy lucky bags!" my father said. "They're full of old sweets and Hong Kong rubbish." That was in the *****. By "Hong Kong rubbish", my father meant the cheap plastic toy such as a
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      1319 24  - Leaders institutions key to growth EDWARD ROBINSON TAN YIN YING Sustained progress is a continuous endeavour to ensure the successful design and implementation of good policies AS Singapore commemorates her 42nd year of independence, her citizens can take pride in the remarkable economic transformation of the country "from third world
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      892 24  -  MARK GILBERT DEAR investor, we'd like to take this opportunity to update you on the recent performance of our hedge fund, Short-Term Capital Mismanagement LLP. As you know, market selection for the entire fund is guided by a proprietary investing tool we like
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8543 25 Low Code Com[ i an; Sale ('OOP) Hi* ■ow Bu] rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6 3148 STelecom 34 19 5834 A-Sonic 103 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 53 21 1500 ACE Dynamics 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 15 1100
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      70 25 Hii Low Code Comi >an* Sale COOP] Hii Low Bu, rer Seller C'vr P/E $mi ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3730 2495 6235 STI ETF 100 3761.6 2484.9
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      2175 25 JiL Low Code Comi Sale I'OOO] JiL Low Bu* Seller C'vr P/E $mi 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABR Hldgs 61 13.8 2319 Adampak 64.5 23 8515 Advanced Hldgs 16.5 1 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814 Albedo 46.5 25.5 5021 Apex-Pal
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      240 25 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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      371 26 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Au, 15 World Index Preliminan 1104.3 -0.5 0.3 -0.2 1.3 -0.7 1.! EAFE Preliminan 1102.6 -1.1 -0.4 -0.9 1.2 -1.5 1.4 Euro[ Preliminan 1500.8 -0.3
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      131 26 As at 9am Aug 16 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2440 1.2590 Can dollar 1.4080 1.4250 Euro 2.0430 2.0660 NZ dollar 1.0650 1.0880 jterlin mnd 3.0240 3.0580 US dollar 1.5240 1.5420 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      166 26 Aug 16 *i Offer Bid Overnight 2 3/8 1-month 2 13/16 2-months 2 13/16 3-months 2 13/16 Overnight mode: 2 3/4 US$ Offer 2 1/4 2 11/16 2 11/16 2 11/16 Bid 1 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 1 2 months SFr
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      22 26 Aug 16 STI SIMSCI Aui 401.5 403.5 383.3 Taiwan Aui 319.6 320.7 314.2 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      22 26 Aug 16 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.5317 1.5329 2-months 1.5280 1.5292 3-months 1.5252 1.5265 6-months 1.5163 1.5177 Source: OCBC
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      155 26 Aug 16 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2348 1.2363 0.8043 0.8048 Canadian dollar 1.4191 1.4202 0.9244 0.9245 Euro 2.0628 2.0645 1.3437 1.3439 NZ dollar 1.0588 1.0601 0.6897 0.6901 Sterlim 3.0448 3.0472 1.9833 1.9836 US
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      343 26 Aug 16 URODOLLAR FUTURES >ep07 3ec07 \7lar08 Iun08 94.752 95.160 95.445 95.480 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 7324 EUROYEN FUTURES iep07 99.175 99.220 3ec07 99.135 99.175B \7lar08 99.090 99.120B Iun08 99.035 99.085 iep08 98.930 99.050B 3ec08 98.850 98.980B \7lar09 98.895B Iun09 98.695B 99.165 99.135 99.070
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      290 26 Aug 16 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Sep 07 Oct 07 Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 324.25 321.50 321.50 320.75 320.25 322.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      99 26 Aug IS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 839.00 851.00 851.50 836.00 Nov 07 854.50 866.00 867.00 851.50 Jan 08 870.50 881.75 881.75 867.50 Mar 08 881.50 894.00 879.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 07 35.84 35.96 36.22 35.65 Oct
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      78 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Aug IS CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 72.16 2.06 WTI (Near Mth) 73.25 0.86 Dubai (1-Mth F) 66.94 0.49 Tapis blend 75.65 0.35 Minas 73 0.5 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 72.20 83.75 0.60 0.25 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      469 26 Aug 16 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.870 6.113 0.599 6.289 33.057 75.909 0.934 7.614 2.817 1.166 48.643 37.412 1.236 6.009 0.980 26.656 27.717 0.406 0.805 Canada 1.149 7.023
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      90 26 Aug 16 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****S 15.11.07 1-Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.44 2.40 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****0A 2.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750
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      66 26 Aug 16 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Sep 07 2478 Oct 07 2455 Nov 07 2445 Dec 07 2438 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2449 2484 2436 2522 ***** 2310 2463 2403 2828 ***** 2389 2451
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      135 26 Aug 16 (SSI Sellim Bu* rim 1 oz 1145.97 1023 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying lOgm SILVER $401.25 329 Selling Buying Passbook Acct 1 oz 19.34 19.1 Source: UOB LONDON PLATINUM (USS/oz) Aug 15 Close Previous PM Fix AM Fix 1262.00 1272.00 1261.00 1273.00 Source: Reuters
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      70 26 Aug 15 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2480.50 2489.20 3 months 2543.00 2552.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7443.00 7310.00 7564.00 7415.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3013.00 3 months 2960.00 3080.00 3010.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3
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      83 26 Aug IS COCOA (E/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Sep 07 961 unch 969/946 Dec 07 991 unch 998/975 Mar 08 1008 unch 1014/992 May 08 1017 unch 1023/1004 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 07 1726 1769 1766/1710 Nov 07 1749 1792 1790/1730 Jan 08 1748 1786 1786/1730 Mar
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  • WINE
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      1223 30 In this second of a two-part series on getting to grips with Burgundy, N X YONG looks at the characteristics of the wine WHY good Burgundy is difficult to find and to buy: Small productions, big demand. Small, even tiny, individual vineyard holdings mean small productions.
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      232 30 BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR2OO6 Capital-guaranteed Ex-cellar, Bordeaux Free bonded storage until 2012 2004 SET "PRE-ARRI VAL OFFER"-ONLY 2 SETS AVAILABLE CDCC mDMEDCTAMC EDCE mDMCDCTAME ___________X^ Ifyou missed the Duclot Bordeaux 2004 Set (launch price: $3150) in DDIM A HAMMA UA ECTDA I I 2°°s'S E" Pr'meUr cam Pai9n'catch this limited offer
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  • EPICURE
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      716 31 Donato de Santis and Kazumi Uemoto stir up the taste buds with their unique creations and showmanship, writes JAIME EE THE late designer Gianni Versace was a very punctual diner, according to his former personal chef Donato de Santis. Every day, he would have
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      1358 31 Is your prized in good health? The Penfolds Re-corking Clinics offer the owners of Penfolds wines, which are 15 years and older, the M) opportunity to have them assessed by the Penfolds -%jr„tT Si winemaking team and, if necessary, opened, tasted, ~<^^^twr^b ffli'dz^ J$ topped up and re-capsuled on the
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  • PURSUITS
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      853 32 NIGHT OUT Night Day, a bar by night and a graphic art gallery by day, is arguably the most exciting place in town, reports CHEAH UI-HOON IF YOU'RE one of those lamenting the fact that the horse-shoe-shaped Pearl Bank Apartments' profile may
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      632 32  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM MUSIC ACCORDING to Michael Roche, director of concert promoter Lushington Entertainments: "Some artists really don't want to tour, and it's a very different skill set to be able to stand on a stage in front of people. When you get
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      353 32  -  MELISSA LWEE CD REVIEW Entourage Soundtrack Atlantic Records Ratina. C- FOR non-committal people with eclectic music tastes, the soundtrack of a television show is usually a good pick. A good soundtrack is a compilation that not only reflects the show's different personalities but
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      1021 33 AUSTRALIA SPECIAL FEATURE Charming Perth never fails to lift up the most jaded of Singapore visitors, writes MEI LIN JUST over four hours by flight from Singapore, Perth holds a perennial appeal for most visitors. The largest home to a reported 60,000 Singaporeans Down Under, the capital of
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      480 33 ARTS 'Hitting (on) Women' by Ovidia Yu is a well-crafted play that gives an intimate examination of the knotted, entangled lives of two women, writes CHEAH UI-HOON THE tangle of telephone lines sprawled all across the stage was an apt visual clue that
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      500 33  -  GRACE CHUA TONY Mercer, the choreographer of Swan Lake On Ice, is a man on the go. His ice shows including the critically acclaimed Sleeping Beauty on Ice and the current Swan Lake on Ice are often booked solid for world tours two
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      400 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS —I p; —I rr r- p| —I I£—^^^^_ 7 One who takes the long I Boring way of discovering view (11) success and wealth (8,3) MM 9 Green on the same side is 7 Article left out of treatise re- mm™m not threatening the environwritten in port
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      28 33 This is the fifth of a six-part series brought to you by Tourism Australia. We suss out the treats in Brisbane's big-city package next week. y Tourism VW-Wiov
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  • CINEMA/TV
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      708 34 The latest instalment in the series is one of the rare instances where there is no let-up in quality and entertainment value from the two prequels, says GEOFFREY EU THERE'S nothing like an absorbing, fast-paced and well-crafted cinematic thriller to quicken the pulse
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      531 34  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM ROBIN Williams excels at playing the outsider on screen, whether it's a crazy alien in Mork and Mindy, a robot in Bicentennial Man, or a lonely misfit in One Hour Photo. He also plays paternal figures well, like in Dead Poets
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      380 34  -  PARVATHI NAYAR DVD REAL-LIFE stories of extraordinary courage or determination have the power to move us as testaments to the human spirit. However, the rags-to-riches sentimentality in such tales can easily be played up with cloying results. The Pursuit of Happyness is an example
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      541 34  -  CHEAH UI-HOON IN the heyday of Singapore's film industry, two companies Shaw and Ca-thay-Keris produced more than 250 films over a 15-year period. That would be an average of 16 films a year, fully justifying a local film "industry" in the proper sense
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      2019 35 With growing demand for small, stylish hotels offering more personalised service, the field is attracting more players, reports GEOFFREY EU THE boutique hotel business that niche market segment with an emphasis on style and providing a unique, design-oriented experience to people willing to pay top dollar
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